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On 14/11/2019 18:20, Andrew wrote:
On 14/11/2019 18:15, wrote:
On Thursday, 14 November 2019 18:13:42 UTC, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
I can now barely achieve 1Mbps download speed. Every three hours or
so...
The rest of the time nothing.


Disconnect your telephonic equipment and apply a Megger to the line.

This will fizzle off the dampness.

Owain


Or get someone to phone your landline number. The 50V from
the exchange will do the same.

done that from me mobile. Made it worse.

Your Megger will send a much bigger voltage down the line
and might do some damage to Openreaches kit, then he won't
have any internet at all.


I barely have any anyway. ADSL is usually AC coupled for HF


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